An ancient Egyptian statuette is found on a tiny island in the
Central Mediterranean in 1713. It disappears for a century before
resurfacing as the centrepiece of an archaeological exhibition.
Archaeological investigators, including authors Anton Mifsud and
Marta Farrugia are mystified by the find. What in the world was
this statuette doing on Malta well before Napoleon and the tomb
raiders following in his wake? Dedicated to an unusual triad of
Egyptian gods, the statuette belonged to a humble tomb painter in
the Valley of the Kings at the time of Rameses the Great. In a bid
to unravel the statuette's mystery, Mifsud and Farrugia begin
researching the other artefacts that the tomb painter commissioned.
As they unravel details about the statuette, they also unravel some
unusual details about the tomb painter's life, work and family. But
the mystery deepens when they discover the statuette is not what it
appears to be in I Painted for Pharaoh. "All objects surviving from
ancient Egypt have a story to tell. When and why were they made and
how have they survived until the present day? The authors here
reveal after long and detailed research, the origins and history of
one statuette, investigating why and how it ended in Malta, but
also uncovering a fascinating story of more modern intrigue".
[Review paragraph by Robert Partridge, editor of Ancient Egypt]
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